This paper provides an introduction to the 'food deserts' theme by outlining how problem of access food, particularly foods integral a healthy diet, for low-income households in poor neighbourhoods British cities, became increasingly important issue social exclusion and health inequalities debates, during late 1990s. It documents emergence policy response UK government this way which development ran somewhat ahead systematic research on key facets problem. The outlines priorities apparent...

Within a context of public policy debate in the United Kingdom on social exclusion, health inequalities, and food poverty, metaphor ‘food desert’ caught imagination those involved development. Drawing from major cross-disciplinary investigation access poverty British cities, authors report this paper findings first ‘before/after’ study consumption highly deprived area city experiencing sudden significant change its food-retail access. The has been viewed as opportunity to assess impact...

If poor food retail access in deprived areas of British cities is linked, as suggested many the policy debates late 1990s, via compromised diets/undernutrition to health and widening inequalities, what impact a sudden significant improvement likely be on consumption patterns residents? In this paper, we describe provide preliminary results from first-ever UK study major provision diet 'food desert'—a 'before/after' highly deprived, previously area Seacroft, Leeds, experiencing change its...

This paper forms part of the 'Food Deserts in British Cities' project. It reports on findings a series focus groups conducted with residents Seacroft 'food desert' (in Leeds) period prior to major improvement their food retail accessibility. The explores individual shopping behaviour, consumption patterns and attitudes towards healthy diet and, so doing, begins develop an understanding how different demographic adapt living within desert'. is perceived economic physical constraints area, but...

In this article we argue that the retail transnational corporation (TNC) is an entity merits urgent theoretical and empirical investigation from economic geographers. Using recent developments conceptualize TNCs as complex nexus of intrafirm, interfirm extrafirm relational networks, explore special characteristics distinguish them their manufacturing counterparts, still predominant focus interest in literature on globalization. particular, using Hess's (2004) notion three different kinds...

Journal Article Host economy impacts of transnational retail: the research agenda Get access Neil M. Coe, Coe **Geography, School Environment and Development, University Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, UK. email <neil.coe@manchester.ac.uk> Search for other works by this author on: Academic Google Scholar Wrigley †School Geography, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, <n.wrigley@soton.ac.uk> Economic Volume 7, Issue 4, July 2007, Pages 341–371, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbm012 Published: 21 April 2007...

This article presents a theoretically informed consideration of the role ethical campaigning in shaping organizational practices power and authority global production networks (GPNs). It does so through focus on responsibility, ways which consumption is challenging organization supply. The arguments draw upon develop two geographical approaches to understanding transnational trade, namely GPN framework study commodity knowledge. First, understandings circuitous knowledge are mobilized...

At a time of increasing government concern with the economic health UK town centres and high streets, an independent inquiry (led by Mary Portas) on Revitalising High Street to report end 2011, this paper seeks make four contributions. First, inject into available evidence base, currently notable for its sparseness, new descriptive differential performance sample over 250 centres/high streets in regions as those adjusted shock wave global crisis. Second, address task theorising nature...

Complementing the rise of ethical trading initiatives there has been a parallel growth in number academic studies tracking their origins and evolution, assessing implementation success social auditing practices. Despite this, consequences responses to codes conduct relating labour standards at sites production remains an understudied topic. This article focuses on those issues context global apparel industry using evidence from interviews with managers Sri Lankan garment manufacturing...

Abstract In this article we contribute to a growing body of literature concerned with the socio‐cultural dynamics learning and adaptation inside firms. Specifically, apply ‘competence‐based’ view firm newly emerging breed retail‐industry transnational corporations (TNCs). We situate these firms within context ‘relational networks’ then consider – from geographical perspective complex interplay between ‘extra‐firm’ networks ‘intra‐firm’ networks, store‐based organizational adaptation. argue...

Statistics calculated using the means of geographic areas can differ substantially from corresponding statistics based on data individuals. Analysts who base their conclusions about individual‐level relationships area‐level analyses run risk committing ecological fallacy. Statistical models are proposed that capture essential features structure a population composed geographically defined groups and encompass grouping processes contextual effects. These used to show how small effects in...

The objective of this article is to reconceptualize understanding the economic and spatial processes corporate restructuring market exit. We ask what logic explains plant closure firms’ exit from industries, develop a comprehensive perspective on nature process focused firms in which there separation ownership control, are rich capital assets that held hostage by their history geography. Exit treated as sequence related strategic decisions made firm regarding use its inherited configuration...

Of central importance to the policy debate which emerged during late 1990s in UK on topic of 'food deserts' were causes perceived worsening access food retail provision certain poor neighbourhoods British cities. The 1980s/early era intense superstore development edge-of-city sites was seen as having unevenly stripped retailing out parts those cities, or repositioned that downwards range and quality terms. By 1990s, however, tightened land-use planning regulation had begun significantly...

Written prior to the financial crisis of world's third largest retailer following its announcement accounting irregularities on 24 February 2003, this paper uses a case study Ahold's struggles manage significant investment in unpredictable business environments Latin America focus attention stresses internationalization poses for retail firm. It offers picture multinationals facing distinctive organizational challenges as they seek transpose internal and inter-firm practices markedly...

In this paper the interplay between regulation and consumption is explored. Questions are posed about of by state private retail capital, way in which relations influence operation either directly or through mediative role retailers. We argue general terms that, since 1980s, it nexus rather than that capital labour has increasingly provided most attractive location for abstraction surplus value accumulation; had become an active agent class formation sphere consumption; processes have...

In this paper it is demonstrated how disparities which emerged between British and US grocery retailing in the 1980s—in corporate concentration, power relations, profitability, return on capital employed, geographical structure—owe a considerable amount to differential nature of regulatory environments industries operated. particular, author focuses upon antitrust (competition) legislation its interpretation enforcement two countries. Following survey that legislation, experience postwar...